Shab-e She’r (Night Of Persian Poetry)

When: Dec 9 2009, 6:00 PM — 7:30 PM

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— —  —  —  —  —  —  — – There is a $6 cover charge. Infor­ma­tion: poetry@​persianartsfestival.​org Fea­ture: Soraya Shal­foroosh Per­sian Arts Fes­ti­val (PAF) has suc­cess­fully revived Shab-e She’r, A Night of (Per­sian) Poetry, at the Bow­ery Poetry Club (BPC) but with a mod­ern, new gen­er­a­tional spin. The pro­gram has made its come­back and expanded what tends to be a very clas­si­cal Per­sian tra­di­tion to fea­ture mod­ern works of lit­er­a­ture, rang­ing from fic­tional nov­els to mem­oirs. Enter­ing into its third sea­son, PAF and BPC con­tinue to host read­ings of well-established and emerg­ing authors who are of Per­sian descent or spe­cial­ize in Per­sian lit­er­a­ture. Read­ers have included Nahid Rach­lin, Mani­jeh Nasrabadi and Joe Mar­tin to name a few. An open mic typ­i­cally fol­lows the read­ing, invit­ing every­one to read either his or her own poetry or works by other poets, in Per­sian or Eng­lish, bear­ing some con­nec­tion to Iran or Iranian/Persian culture.

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